A this point, I wouldn't mind trading him to the Cavs or Bulls, as they have been linked to him or reportedly insterested in him over the last year...Originally Posted by Chef
From the Bulls:
*I'd take back Deng, as I think this is a very realistic/fair deal. They have similar skill sets, and Deng still has a lot of potential. I know he's had injury problems and it's been speculated that the Bulls have been looking to dump his salary. I'd do it.
*Maybe would do it for Taj Gibson or James Johnson.
The Cavs:
*JJ Hickson or Varejao or Daniel Gibson or Mo Williams or Sessions, any of those guys would work.
Shawn "My knee is fine now, Thank you very much" Livingston
They can likely pair Jax and Diaw for at least one good player. If they really want to overhaul they could package Augustin or Nazr in the deal too.
This team needs to stay away from shitty contracts like Deng. It's one reason why they're in the mess they're in. Diop, Carrol, etc. Not to mention that Deng is inconsistent and injury prone. A big fat no to him.
December 2nd
I've also suggested before the season that we should go after Arenas, but his contract is pretty horrible and I think his recent injuries have been worse than Deng's situation...
We need a go-to scorer though. A consistent, starter-level PG and a post scorer with at least some ability on defense.
I also think we should look into a trade with Portland for Fernandez. Don't feel like looking at the salary matchups, but we should give them whatever outside of Crash, Ty, and UPS IMO. Get back Rudy and Patty Mills.
December 15th...that is when newly signed free-agents can be made part of a deal (not that the Cats necessarily would want or need to move one of their free-agents, but more players are available to be included at that point).
6ers say no immediately. if they are giving up iggy in a 3rd party trade and taking back long term salary (both boris and jax) they are demanding brand go too. so unless we want brand and iggy it ain't happening.
also, if we did this crash would have to go. iggy and crash are basically the same player.
again, if we take deng, crash would have to go. they probably aren't giving up taj, but might if they think jax added in with rose, noah, deng, boozer wins them the east.
cavs aren't giving up hickson in a million years. varejao is more valuable than jax, unless we want jamison too. gibson is trash. maybe mo but doubt it. sessions with someone else is probably the strongest possibility. maybe their tpe or miami's first.
not to play the hindsight game, but we should have tried to get monta when we still had dampier and he was reportedly very available. now that he is putting up 46 pts and looking like he and curry can get along i don't think we have enough to get him.
Trading Jackson would be a step in the right direction. I would try to move him to the Bulls for James Johnson and our pick back.
They'd have to include some salary back to us for that to work.
A trade in the near future does seem inevitable right now, but we are only 2 games into the season.
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